Kinew suggests details about Churchill project to be revealed by PM Sunday
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Premier Wab Kinew has hinted that details about the expansion of the Port of Churchill will be revealed this weekend when Mark Carney is in the city for the Grey Cup.
“I expect to meet the prime minister on Sunday when he’s in town for the Grey Cup. I think we’ll have some news to share about Churchill after that, that people will be happy to hear,” Kinew told reporters Thursday.
Carney unveiled the latest batch of major projects — all focused on minerals and energy — to be considered for fast-tracking under recent legislation at an announcement in British Columbia Thursday.
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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he expects to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday when the PM is in Winnipeg to attend the Grey Cup.
Churchill wasn’t on Thursday’s list.
“We are already working with the Major Projects Office, which is what these other projects in the news are being referred to, so… we’re ahead of them, in terms of a line or a list,” said Kinew.
“For a number of weeks now, some of our senior political folks have been working with the major projects office team out of Calgary, defining the project charter for Churchill,” said Kinew.
The premier said he thinks the port expansion project will open up new markets for the Canadian economy and help “Trump-proof” the country.
“It seems like a real winner,” he said. “The federal process is playing out.”
Manitoba’s government has committed $750,000 for a study this winter on ice-breaking requiremets to open up Hudson Bay for all-season shipping.
The federal government has pledged $180 million over five years for the port and the railway.
The project is expected to include an expansion of the port, upgrades to the rail line, a road to Churchill and potentially other communities in the province’s north, as well as icebreakers in the bay.
The province has also floated the idea of an “energy corridor” to potentially transport liquefied natural gas, other fossil fuels, electricity and hydrogen.
Kinew also said Thursday he’s “definitely open” to a fibre-optic electricity line to supply power to parts of Nunavut.
“If everything goes well, and we get a trade corridor going up to Churchill and we’re sending (agricultural products) and mining and manufacturing products and energy products from Churchill to Europe, to the north, to other regions internationally, the Kivalliq line could just be a spur off that main trade corridor,” said Kinew.
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